com.lowagie.text
Class StringCompare

java.lang.Object
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All Implemented Interfaces:

Comparator

public class StringCompare

extends Object

implements Comparator

This class was used in the 1.1-version of iText (by Volker Richert). Paulo Soares suggested I should add it to the original library, so that in the future it would be easier to port it to the JDK1.1.x.

Constructor Summary

StringCompare()

Method Summary

int	compare(Object o1, Object o2) Compares 2 objects.
int	compare(String s1, String s2) Compares 2 strings.
boolean	equals(Object o) We need this function if we want to implement the Comparable interface, but we don't use this method.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

StringCompare

public StringCompare()

Method Detail

compare

public int compare(Object o1,
                   Object o2)

Compares 2 objects.

Specified by:

compare in interface Comparator

Parameters:

o1 - a first object

o2 - a second object

Returns:

a value

Throws:

ClassCastException - if the objects aren't Strings

compare

public int compare(String s1,
                   String s2)

Compares 2 strings.

Parameters:

s1 - a first string

s2 - a second string

Returns:

a value

equals

public boolean equals(Object o)

We need this function if we want to implement the Comparable interface, but we don't use this method.

Specified by:

equals in interface Comparator

Overrides:

equals in class Object

Returns:

always true